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Article: Firestone tire sales plummet
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 28, 2001
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Firestone tire sales plummet, forcing Decatur plant closure
Associated Press
Thursday, June 28, 2001
Decatur, Ill. -- Blaming plummeting tire sales, Bridgestone/
Firestone said Wednesday it is closing the factory that made most of
the 6.5 million Firestones recalled last summer.
Nearly 1,500 employees are expected to lose their jobs in another
blow to this blue-collar city, still reeling from a series of labor
and economic troubles over the past few years.
Company officials intend to close the plant by Dec. 31 and
insisted the shutdown is for economic reasons and had nothing to do
with the quality of tires produced there.
"I know it's going to appear that way to people, but I promise you ...